March 16th** - A Character Visit of Titanic Surveyor, Violet Jessop, by Leslie Goddard. This special meeting is in partnership with the Big Rock Park District. We will meet at the Big Rock Park District Community Building at 7:00PM

July 29th*** - Part 1 of Cemetery Stories at South Welsh Cemetery at 5PM and Fundraiser Dinner at Marvel Davis Barn at 6PM

August 10th - Part 2 of Cemetery Stories at West Big Rock Cemetery at 6PM and Tour of Michael - Morse - Fitzgerald House at 7PM

October 12th- Kay Shelton, President of the Lincoln Highway Association

November 9th - John Muschler of Vet's Roll, the opportunitities of this Veterans Program

January 2018

February 8, 2018 -

March 8, 2018 -

April 12, 2018** - Abraham Lincoln

May 10, 2018 - *Radon - Wayne Westman Kane County Health Dept.

July 12, 2018 -

August 9,2018 -

October 11, 2018-

November 8, 2018 -

Meetings are held in the Crib Museum Annex at 7:00 PM

Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month.

No meeting in June, September or December.

Historical Society Board of Director Meetings

during the 4th week of the month: The Board meets during the 4th week of each month.

Over the years we have had programs on:

Indian history in the Big Rock area
Never Lost; Amelia Earhart
Character Visit of Jacqueline Kennedy about 1964
Old time radio
Underground Railroads in DeKalb County
Good Times at Kenny Field
Lincoln Highway
Heirloom Pumpkins
Old time funerals and the funeral and reburial of a Civil War Soldier from Kane to Kendall County
History of Aprons
History of the Big Rock Fire Department
Long's Barn
Local Connections to the Underground Railroad
History of Kne County Medical History and Big Rock's Physicians
Those Magnificient "Whizbang" Traveling Salesmen of Illinois
Old Time Fun & Games in Big Rock
Retracing the Oregon Trail
Heirloom Seeds
Night at the Museum
History & Recollections of Big Rock Schools
History of the Big Rock Plowing Match
Saving a Samson
US Flag Retirement Ceremony by Big Rock Boy Scouts Troop #19
Antique Glassware
100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts
Recording and saving your genealogy reords
Valuing our Heritage in Today;s yard and garden
Kaneville Historical Society home study and record keeping
Kaneville Library on its History
Trains and Big Rock History
Abraham Lincoln
Knitting and processing of Illinois wool